An interesting idea from AZ Blue Meanie (that just seems ridiculous to type out) today: add representatives to the Arizona legislature. While finding people willing to work for the absurdly low pay that gig offers is already ... read more

Colin Powell has joined the UA's new National Institute for Civil Discourse.
The press release:
General Colin L. Powell, USA (retired), one of America’s most well-known and highly-regarded statesmen, has agreed to join ... read more

From the Phoenix New Times:Senate sources confirm to New Times that Republicans voted to remove Bundgaard from his leadership spot over last month's scuffle with the senator's now-ex-gal-pal, Aubry Ballard, on the side of a ... read more

Last year, I went to Wrestlemania when it was held in Glendale at the University of Phoenix stadium, and while there were some fun matches, it was a little lacking in big time star power and surprises. It was hardly the big ... read more

Note to music producers: The Justin Bieber success story, rising from YouTube to become a star, is a charming and admirable one, but as I think we learned from Rebecca Black, not every online video minor celebrity is quite ready ... read more

There's plenty of terrible news still coming out of Japan on a regular basis, but there are also wildly unfortunate stories of heroism, like those of the engineers who stayed behind at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant ... read more

Yesterday, the internet was abuzz over a video from a frequent YouTube poster who claimed that her Lenten prayers might have been responsible for the earthquake in Japan, which was really just a wake-up call for a country that ... read more

Seemingly worth noting: in the print edition, this article was placed above an obituary for LSD pioneer Owsley Stanley.
On the patio of a downtown bar here last Wednesday night, a handful of people gathered over pitchers of ... read more

Like many of the victims of the Jan. 8 shooting rampage in Tucson, Ron Barber has a way to go before he recovers from his wounds.
Barber, who was shot twice in the assassination attempt on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords ... read more

We have a "Comment of the Week" feature in the print issue every week, but sometimes space limitations rule out some of the longer, more thought out reader missives which still deserve a special spotlight. This week, Frederick ... read more

NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft is set to enter orbit around Mercury this week and will be sending back images by the end of the month. The UA's Lunar and Planetary Lab is on the job:
Robert Strom, professor emeritus in the UA's ... read more

Clearly, I've chosen a side on the whole artist boycott of Arizona, but yet, there's enough money and energy behind the Sound Strike to keep going, even as artists seem to be losing enthusiasm for the endeavor. The Sound Strike ... read more

Note to music producers: The Justin Bieber success story, rising from YouTube to become a star, is a charming and admirable one, but as I think we learned from Rebecca Black, not every online video minor celebrity is quite ready for the big time. Then again, maybe I'm not giving Jenna Rose (appearing here with Baby Triggy and Young Deon) enough credit.…

Colin Powell has joined the UA's new National Institute for Civil Discourse.

The press release:

General Colin L. Powell, USA (retired), one of America’s most well-known and highly-regarded statesmen, has agreed to join the board of the National Institute for Civil Discourse at the University of Arizona.…

There's plenty of terrible news still coming out of Japan on a regular basis, but there are also wildly unfortunate stories of heroism, like those of the engineers who stayed behind at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant:

Engineers at the plant, working at tremendous personal risk, on Tuesday continued efforts to cool down the most heavily damaged unit, reactor No. 2, by pumping in seawater. According to government statements, most of the 800 workers at the plant had been withdrawn, leaving 50 or so workers in a desperate effort to keep the cores of three stricken reactors cooled with seawater pumped by firefighting equipment, while crews battled to put out the fire at the No. 4 reactor, which they claimed to have done just after noon ...read more...

Like many of the victims of the Jan. 8 shooting rampage in Tucson, Ron Barber has a way to go before he recovers from his wounds.

Barber, who was shot twice in the assassination attempt on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, suffered nerve damage that has left him without sensation in his left leg below the knee, except when he feels pain.…

Clearly, I've chosen a side on the whole artist boycott of Arizona, but yet, there's enough money and energy behind the Sound Strike to keep going, even as artists seem to be losing enthusiasm for the endeavor. The Sound Strike certainly have the right to continue campaigning to save Arizona by killing culture here, but it would be nice if other organizations gave someone involved in music in Arizona (Curtis McCrary?…

Senate sources confirm to New Times that Republicans voted to remove Bundgaard from his leadership spot over last month's scuffle with the senator's now-ex-gal-pal, Aubry Ballard, on the side of a Phoenix freeway.

Last week, the Senate Republican caucus agreed to give Bundgaard a week to present them with "new evidence" supporting his version of what happened during the scuffle, which he claims included Ballard pulling out a gun before he removed her from his car.…

An interesting idea from AZ Blue Meanie (that just seems ridiculous to type out) today: add representatives to the Arizona legislature. While finding people willing to work for the absurdly low pay that gig offers is already a challenge with our existing number of positions to fill, but considering we've had the same number of districts since 1966, when the state's population was in the neighborhood of one million people, actual representation might be a bit of an issue now that there are around 6.4 million Arizonans:

Last year, I went to Wrestlemania when it was held in Glendale at the University of Phoenix stadium, and while there were some fun matches, it was a little lacking in big time star power and surprises. It was hardly the big time sports entertainment event I expected.…

We have a "Comment of the Week" feature in the print issue every week, but sometimes space limitations rule out some of the longer, more thought out reader missives which still deserve a special spotlight. This week, Frederick Rhodes (commenting on yesterday's post "Gov. Brewer to Attend Dinner Honoring the "Faith Based" President”), you have the floor:

Yesterday, the internet was abuzz over a video from a frequent YouTube poster who claimed that her Lenten prayers might have been responsible for the earthquake in Japan, which was really just a wake-up call for a country that hasn't fully embraced Jesus. The question was whether the poster was for real.…